This is another episode in my life where help was extended to someone who seemed to need help. NOTE: Names are not used in these situations so noone might be embarrassed.
This instance happened in the 50's also. One Sunday afternoon i received a phone call from one of our church leaders stating there were some people stranded north of where we lived and had no money or food. We went out to an old farm house and there a lady and two men in the vacant house. The lady seemed to be the spokesperson for the three and told us how religious they were. She showed us her charm bracelet with the ten commandments on it. Since they had no transportation, we took them to No. Little Rock to a hotel above the Mayflower Dairy Building. We made arrangements for them to stay two nights and enough money for food for about three days. They were to get back with us if things did not work out for them. On Thursday evening the FBI came out to the church leaders home and questioned our involvement in this situation. They understood the church's intent in helping but did indicate these three were fugitives from justice and was wanted in as i remember, Virginia.
Our consolation in this matter was that God understood our intent and knew we were only trying to help people in need. We do not always know the whole story and realize the churches are often taken advantage of. We often have repeaters who come by constantly and often find out they have been by the other churches in the area. To most of these we say No. Yet there are cases that on the surface seem legit so decisions have to be made based on good judgement. The monies we use is not ours but thanks be to God, he understands our heart.